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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Hot Links
Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Use of Comparative Adjectives
We use comparative adjectives when talking about 2 things (not 3
or 10 or 1,000,000 things, only 2 things).
Often, the comparative adjective is followed by 'than'.
Look at these examples:
- John is 1m80. He is tall. But Chris is 1m85. He is taller
than John.
- America is big. But Russia is bigger.
- I want to have a more powerful computer.
- Is French more difficult than English?
If we talk about the two planets Earth and Mars, we can compare
them like this:
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Earth |
Mars |
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| Diameter (km) |
12,760 |
6,790 |
Mars is smaller than Earth. |
| Distance from Sun (million km) |
150 |
228 |
Mars is more distant from the Sun. |
| Length of day (hours) |
24 |
25 |
A day on Mars is slightly longer than a day on
Earth. |
| Moons |
1 |
2 |
Mars has more moons than Earth. |
| Surface temperature (°C) |
22 |
-23 |
Mars is colder than Earth. |
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